World of Warplanes News

From May 29 through June 26, join the event and get a brand-new fighter, the Messerschmitt Bf 109 K-6 Kurfürst to your Hangar!


The Rise of the Kurfürst event will last from May 29 through June 26. The event will be divided into four stages. Each stage will contain two identical phases, during which you will have to fight in several battle modes: Bomber Escort, Conquest, and Attrition.

Only aircraft of Tiers IV-X can take part in the event.

• First phase of each stage: from Thursday 15:00 UTC till Friday 21:00 UTC.
  
• Second phase of each stage: from Saturday 15:00 UTC till Sunday 21:00 UTC.
  

Note: daily missions can be completed only in the Conquest mode.

During each phase, you will have to complete:

• 3 personal missions for each aircraft type. You will earn gold and special supply crates by completing the missions
  
• One global mission for all players. Completing this mission will double the number of supply crates you've earned for completing personal missions.
  

The progress of personal and global missions is reset after the completion of each phase.

Supply crates will double only for those players who managed to make at least a minimal contribution to the global mission's progress.

Phase 1:
From June 1, 15:00 UTC to June 2, 21:00 UTC.
Phase 2:
From June 3, 15:00 UTC to June 4, 21:00 UTC.
Battle mode: Attrition





Phase 1:
From June 8, 15:00 UTC to June 9, 21:00 UTC.
Phase 2:
From June 10, 15:00 UTC to June 11, 21:00 UTC.
Battle mode: Bomber Escort





Phase 1:
From June 15, 15:00 UTC to June 16, 21:00 UTC.
Phase 2:
From June 17, 15:00 UTC to June 18, 21:00 UTC.
Battle mode: Conquest





Phase 1:
From June 22, 15:00 UTC to June 23, 21:00 UTC.
Phase 2:
From June 24, 15:00 UTC to June 25, 21:00 UTC.
Battle mode: Attrition

• Premium aircraft
  
• Operation order to obtain the brand-new Messerschmitt Bf 109 K-6 German Kurfürst fighter
  
• Stock Experimental equipment (period I-III)
  
• Gold
  
• Days of Premium Account
  
• Equipment (Improved, Advanced, Ultimate; period II-III)
  
• Pilots and gunners with free skill points
  
• Hangar slots
  
• Free XP
  
• Consumables (period II-III)
  
• Materials
  

You can purchase two supply crates per day. One supply crate costs 1,000 gold.

Operation orders may be completed at any time until the event is over.

After all the event stages are over, from June 25 at 21:00 UTC to July 2 at 11:20 UTC, you can still finish executing operation orders.
All the unopened prize supply crates will be converted to unique supply crates on June 30, 11:20 UTC.

Pilots!

On May 17, from 08:00 to 13:00 UTC, the servers will undergo maintenance to deploy Update 2.1.21.

Update 2.1.21 introduces a brand-new reward aircraft:

• Messerschmitt Bf 109 K-6 Kurfürst, a German Tier VII fighter
  

This modification of the legendary German fighter truly packs a punch: its armament includes one nose-mounted and two wing-mounted 30 millimeter autocannons that can knock targets out of the sky in one fell swoop!

To earn this warplane, you'll need to participate in the upcoming game event.


From May 29 to June 26, the game will host the Rise of the Kurfürst global event. Here you will see the return of the Bomber Escort, Invasion, and Attrition modes. The event will be divided into four stages, and each stage will have two identical phases: the first one will last from Thursday 16:00 (CEST, UTC +1) to Friday 22:00 (CEST, UTC +1), and the second one from Saturday 16:00 (CEST, UTC +1) to Sunday 22:00 (CEST, UTC +1).

Phase schedule for the NA server: the first one will take place from Thursday (17:00 PT / 20:00 ET) to Friday (23:00 PT / 02:00 ET), and the second one from Saturday (17:00 PT / 20:00 ET) to Sunday (23:00 PT / 02:00 ET)

Phase schedule for the NA server: the first one will take place from Thursday 17:00 (JST) to Friday 23:00 (JST), and the second one from Saturday 17:00 (JST) to Sunday 23:00 (JST).

Upon completing personal missions, you will receive supply crates containing many valuable rewards, such as days of Premium Account, gold, consumables, equipment and materials for its enhancement, as well as Hangar Slots, and, of course, the operation order for the Messerschmitt Bf 109 K-6 Kurfürst together with a unique decoration set.

Besides, each stage and phase will have a global goal that you will have to achieve in battles alongside other players. Reaching these goals will double the number of supply crates that you can receive, so long as you managed to make at least a minimal contribution to the mission's overall progress. After the event's active stage is over, you will still have a couple of days to complete the operation's missions and open supply crates.

You can skip several operations or the whole chain by purchasing certificates in the Premium Shop. Also, if the time for the operation's execution has expired, but not all the missions have been completed, you can resume their execution using Tokens.

Added support for new languages to the game:

• Bulgarian
  
• Croatian
  
• Danish
  
• Dutch
  
• Finnish
  
• Hungarian
  
• Italian
  
• Norwegian
  
• Portuguese
  
• Portuguese (Brazil)
  
• Romanian
  
• Spanish
  
• Spanish (LATAM)
  
• Swedish
  
• Turkish
  
• Ukrainian
  

Added the Rise of the Kurfürst achievement that can be earned in the upcoming game event.


Added new emblems commemorating the French Air Force and the USA Independence Day, 2023.


Fixed a rare issue that made it impossible to repair aircraft after battle, and therefore unable to enter battles. Affected players will now be able to repair their warplanes and return them into ranks. In case the repair still does not fix the issue – you will need to send the aircraft's crew to the barracks for some much-needed R&R after spending all this time in the cockpit.


Added a limited edition Supply Crate for the Rise of the Kurfürst event.
In the Depot menu, added indicators for aircraft that can be used to participate in the ongoing event.

Pilots!

From April 3 at 13:20 CEST through May 1 at 13:20 CEST (UTC+2), a chain of 20 missions awaits you. For their completion, you'll receive a new aircraft— Curtiss P-40N Kittyhawk—and other valuable rewards!
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This warplane is inspired by the venerable First American Volunteer Group, widely known as Flying Tigers. It retains the great maneuverability in turns, which is characteristic to the whole P-40 family, but is augmented with a pair of wing-mounted 250 lb bombs. This makes it excellent for a wide variety of roles, both as a great dogfighter and a point-strike aircraft for ground assaults.

Note:
You may skip missions of the marathon by purchasing certificates in the Premium Shop.
Only Tier IV–X aircraft can take part in the event.

You can find more details about the chain of missions on our official portal!

Keep completing marathon missions on your favorite warbirds to grab all the event's rewards! Don't have time to complete all the missions? Just visit the Premium Shop and purchase certificates to speed up the completion of the in-game event!

On March 15, from 9:00 to 13:00 CET (UTC+1), the servers will undergo maintenance to deploy Update 2.1.20.

Update 2.1.20 introduces a brand-new reward aircraft:

• Curtiss P-40N Kittyhawk, a Chinese Tier V multirole fighter.

This warplane is inspired by the venerable First American Volunteer Group, widely known as Flying Tigers. It retains the great maneuverability in turns, which is characteristic to the whole P-40 family, but is augmented with a pair of wing-mounted 250 lb bombs. This makes it excellent for a wide variety of roles, both as a great dogfighter and a point-strike aircraft for ground assaults.

To earn it, you'll need to participate in the upcoming game event.


Added the Dragon Tamer achievement that can be earned in the upcoming game event.


Added a new emblem dedicated to the U.K. Royal Air Force.


Fixed an issue that caused the 3D model for Mary Loveheart to be displayed incorrectly when piloting Convair XFY-1 Pogo.
Fixed an issue with the turret firing sectors on the Northrop P-61 Black Widow.
Fixed an issue with the incorrect visual effects of engine exhaust on the Northrop P-61 Black Widow.
Fixed an issue with the 3D models for Supermarine Spitfire IX and Spitfire XVI.
Fixed an issue with the Steam build of World of Warplanes that caused the base client to fail to start. The contents of the HD Content DLC have been integrated into the core game installation. The HD Content DLC will be retired.
Fixed an issue in the Missions menu that prevented it from displaying the list of suitable aircraft.
Fixed the configuration of the Experimental Lightweight Power Unit equipment.

Pilots!

The HD Content Pack DLC will be retired on March 15, 2023. Its full content will be included in the core version of World of Warplanes for free.

This will not affect the functioning of the game for any players, regardless of whether they have this DLC enabled currently or not.